Chocolate, Chilli & Lemongrass Tart

Name: Chocolate, Chilli & Lemongrass Tart
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: Serves 4–6
Ingredients: 2 small red chillies, deseeded and roughly chopped; 1 large really fresh lemongrass stalk, cut in half lengthways and bruised; 20 g/¾ oz unsalted butter, softened; 200 g/7 oz dark chocolate, 70% cocoa solids, roughly chopped; a pinch of salt; 30 g/1 oz/¼ cup icing (confectioners’) sugar; 250 ml/9 fl oz/1 cup whipping cream; 1 large egg yolk; Orange, Cardamom and Thyme Salad made with ordinary oranges, to serve; 90 g/3¼ oz/¾ cup plain (all-purpose) flour; 1 tbsp good-quality dark cocoa powder; 60 g/2¼ oz unsalted butter, softened, plus extra for greasing (optional)

Preparation info

Serves
4–6

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 20

Appears in

French Countryside Cooking

By Daniel Galmiche

Published 2021

About

Infused with lemongrass and chilli and made with the finest cocoa, this superb chocolate tart has a rich texture, a silky silhouette and lovely crisp pastry, which is a combination bound to make you happy. I almost decided not to give any of the details away, but it was just too good to keep to myself!

Ingredients

For the Chocolate Pastry

90 g/3¼ oz/¾ cup plain (all-purpose) flour

Dessert
Vegetarian
Pie

Method

To make the sweet pastry, sift the flour and cocoa powder into a bowl. In a separate bowl, beat together the butter, sugar, salt and egg yolk until light and fluffy. Sift in the flour mixture, then fold it through gently until it just begins to form a dough, then stop! You don’t want to work this pastry at all. Wrap in cling film (plastic wrap) and put in the refrigerator f